diff --git a/builtins/web/form-data/form-data-parser.cpp b/builtins/web/form-data/form-data-parser.cpp
index e11fbfe2..afd089df 100644
--- a/builtins/web/form-data/form-data-parser.cpp
+++ b/builtins/web/form-data/form-data-parser.cpp
@@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ JSObject *MultipartParser::parse(JSContext *cx, std::string_view body) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  // Per the Fetch spec, a part's value is the "UTF-8 decode without BOM" of its
+  // content, which preserves a leading BOM (U+FEFF) rather than stripping it.
+  // That corresponds to a decoder with BOM handling disabled.
   auto deleter2 = [&](auto *dec) { jsencoding::decoder_free(dec); };
   std::unique_ptr<jsencoding::Decoder, decltype(deleter2)> decoder(
-      jsencoding::encoding_new_decoder_with_bom_removal(encoding), deleter2);
+      jsencoding::encoding_new_decoder_without_bom_handling(encoding), deleter2);
 
   if (!decoder) {
     JS_ReportOutOfMemory(cx);
diff --git a/tests/integration/formdata/formdata.js b/tests/integration/formdata/formdata.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d4f58ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/formdata/formdata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { serveTest } from "../test-server.js";
+import { strictEqual } from "../../assert.js";
+
+function multipart(parts, boundary = "X") {
+  let body = "";
+  for (const p of parts) {
+    body += `--${boundary}\r\n`;
+    body += `Content-Disposition: form-data; name="${p.name}"\r\n\r\n`;
+    body += `${p.value}\r\n`;
+  }
+  body += `--${boundary}--\r\n`;
+  return new Response(new TextEncoder().encode(body), {
+    headers: { "content-type": `multipart/form-data; boundary=${boundary}` },
+  });
+}
+
+export const handler = serveTest(async (t) => {
+  await t.test("formData-preserves-leading-bom", async () => {
+    // Per the Fetch spec a part's value is "UTF-8 decode without BOM", which
+    // preserves a leading U+FEFF rather than stripping it.
+    const fd = await multipart([{ name: "field", value: "hello" }]).formData();
+    const value = fd.get("field");
+    strictEqual(value.length, 6, "leading BOM must be preserved");
+    strictEqual(value.charCodeAt(0), 0xfeff, "first code unit is U+FEFF");
+    strictEqual(value, "hello", "value keeps the BOM");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("formData-non-bom-content-unchanged", async () => {
+    const fd = await multipart([{ name: "a", value: "plain" }]).formData();
+    strictEqual(fd.get("a"), "plain", "ordinary content decodes unchanged");
+  });
+
+  await t.test("formData-bom-in-the-middle-unchanged", async () => {
+    // A BOM that is not at the very start is always preserved.
+    const fd = await multipart([{ name: "m", value: "abcd" }]).formData();
+    strictEqual(fd.get("m"), "abcd", "interior BOM is preserved");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/integration/handlers.js b/tests/integration/handlers.js
index fc07035a..f678fb11 100644
--- a/tests/integration/handlers.js
+++ b/tests/integration/handlers.js
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export { handler as crypto } from './crypto/crypto.js';
 export { handler as timers } from './timers/timers.js';
 export { handler as fetch } from './fetch/fetch.js';
 export { handler as event } from './event/event.js';
+export { handler as formdata } from './formdata/formdata.js';
diff --git a/tests/tests.cmake b/tests/tests.cmake
index 7b7840f3..fd74f387 100644
--- a/tests/tests.cmake
+++ b/tests/tests.cmake
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ integration_tests(
     crypto
     event
     fetch
+    formdata
     performance
     timers
 )